A Quote by Jack Nicklaus

Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent. — © Jack Nicklaus
Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.
What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough?
Average talent, plus hard work and dedication, will always beat talent by itself.
You need talent, dedication, skills, perseverance and so many other things to become successful. If you think you are very talented but someone needs to unveil your talent, then you are living in a fool's paradise. You have to prove yourself every day.
Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself.
In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A mediocre talent with lots of hard work will go further than a stellar talent who coasts.
Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.
We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre.
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your toolbox with the right instruments. The second is that while it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one
Dedication to one's work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion. Religion in all its forms is dedication to Someone Else's work, not yours.
Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know.
See, talent is important, and so is hard work. But if you don't have destiny and good karma on your side, talent cannot do the magic by itself.
Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities.
nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.
There are no shortcut to losing weight. Just hard work and dedication, hard work and dedication.
If I could be really competent, that goes such a long way toward things, because the majority of things are not competent. If I can be competent, and have moments of originality, that's all I would ask for.
Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.
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